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When did Mariah Carey release “All I Want for Christmas Is You”?

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Mariah Carey released “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in November 1994. The song was featured on her holiday-themed album, Merry Christmas. It reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2017, and two years later it went to number one, giving Carey her 19th chart-topping single. That achievement led to Carey setting a record for the most number-one hits by a female artist and by a solo artist in the United States. (The Beatles have 20 number-one hits.) Since 2019 Carey’s Christmas song has topped the charts in December for several years in a row, and it has become one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time.